Lions release Robert Ayers a day after signing him

Posted by Josh Alper on August 28, 2018, 3:39 PM EST

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Defensive end Robert Ayers‘ stay with the Lions turned out to be a very brief one.

The Lions announced Ayers’ signing on Monday in a move designed to bolster their defensive line heading into the regular season. Any bolstering will have to come from other parties, however, because they announced that he has been released on Tuesday.

None of the team’s beat reporters have any further word about why the Lions changed course on Ayers so quickly and the Lions did not announce that he was being released with a failed physical or injury designation.

Whatever the reason for the quick turn of events, Ayers is now free to sign with any other team while the Lions will be looking elsewhere for help up front this year.

13 responses to “Lions release Robert Ayers a day after signing him”

Lions will regress from under Caldwell. There is just a lack of talent and depth in that front 7. They will be slow to learn Patricia’s schemes as well. Specifically, a lack of ability to rush the passer or stop the run is going to make it a long year defensively.

Tate’s a perfect fit in NE, I know it’s blasphemy and I’ll be accused of being a hater, but NE with only hogan doesn’t scare me. Plus Golladay gonna go off in Detroit, Tate’s gonna be dealable while he’s got value

obviously there something in Ayers background he or his former team tried to conceal;

plus, he has been an injury maven like Ansah last last two years;

give the Lions credit for recognising whatever secret(s) we’re being concealed and exercising professional reticence unheard of in these days of moron diplomacy (see Jones, Jerry, browns, cleveland, GM, Broncos, owner, Washington and Trump, the Donald);